I went to a mystery writers conference ... and I learned a lot not only from the faculty - and in the faculty we had forensic doctors, detectives, policemen, experts in guns, etc. - but from the questions of the students.
Isabel AllendeIt's such an intimate and profound relationship that it cannot be unconditional. I can only compare the intimacy of sex with the intimacy of the mother with a newborn baby. But with a newborn baby, it is unconditional.
Isabel AllendeSilence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.
Isabel AllendeAccept the children the way we accept treesโwith gratitude, because they are a blessingโbut do not have expectations or desires. You donโt expect trees to change, you love them as they are.
Isabel Allende